Lecture One

Question 1

What is voice?

Answer 1

The sound produced by the vibration of the vocal folds.

Question 2

What are the 3 parameters of voice?

Answer 2

1. pitch
2. loudness
3. quality
   * age and gender affect voice the most.

Question 3

What needs to be intact for a healthy voice?

Answer 3

respiratory , phonatory, resonatory, and neurological systems.

Question 4

What is the primary function of the larynx?

Answer 4

To protect the airway

Question 5

4 aspects of normal development and changes in the voice

Answer 5

1. growth and changes in vocal fold length
2. development of cricothryoid and thyroarytenoid muscles
3. changing structure of vocal fold tissues
4. ossification of cartilage in larynx

Question 6

Changes in the voice

Answer 6

puberty, old age, ossification, reduced flexibility in pitch + loudness, atrophy (complete loss of muscle mass) dystrophy (partial loss), edema, and menopause.

Question 7

Most basic elements of the respiratory system

Answer 7

lungs, ribcage, diaphragm/abdominal unit

Question 8

Tidal volume

Answer 8

the volume of air inhaled or exhaled during a normal inhale or exhale

Question 9

Inspiratory reserve volume

Answer 9

amount of air inhaled after an inhale of normal tidal volume

Question 10

Expiratory reserve volume

Answer 10

amount of air forcefully expired after exhaling of normal tidal volume.

Question 11

Residual volume

Answer 11

remaining volume of air in respiratory passages and lungs after the most forceful exhale.

Question 12

Inspiratory capacity

Answer 12

tidal volume plus inspiratory reserve

Question 13

Functional residual capacity

Answer 13

expiratory reserve plus residual

Question 14

Vital capacity

Answer 14

sum of inspiratory reserve, tidal volume and expiratory reserve

Question 15

Total lung capacity

Answer 15

sum of inspiratory, expiratory reserve plus tidal volume and residual volume